The 2nd International Documentary Congress

It's not often that you'll see documentarians outnumbering feature film types in the heart of Hollywood, but that's what happened when some 600 members of the worldwide  documentary community (plus 400 students from the Los Angeles Unified School District, as part of the IDA Outreach Program) converged upon the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on October 25 to 27. The occasion? The IDA/AMPAS Second International Documentary Congress, the much-awaited sequel to our first congress, held in 1992. Following is selected coverage (divided into "Nuts and Bolts," "Our Documentary Heritage," and "Personal Visions") from the three exciting, extremely full days of panels, roundtable discussions, one-on-one meetings with filmmakers, and special screenings.  

The 2nd International Documentary Congress Special

• The Reality Spectrum by Tom White

• Public Funding for U.S. Media Arts by Rich Samuels

• International Coproductions by Rich Samuels

• Concepts of Intellectual Property by Steven Roche

• Distribution and Marketing by Rich Samuels

• The Wolper Documentary by Eric Trules

• In and Out of the Cold by Tom White

• The Documentary Eye by Tom White

• At One with Nick Deocampo by Tom White

• At One with Robert Drew by Mike Grundmann